Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Our Tilted Earth--A Quiet THought. Our wonderful Earth's axis is on a tilt. This planet also rotates on that axis. Because of these physical attributes, We inhabit a world with seasons and day and night. Except for the equator, other area's day-lengths vary. Shorter days, and further north, cold winter reigns. To make winter freezes more benevolent, The water molecule in its frozen solid state, Is less dense than its liquid counterpart, Which maintains ice as a floating solid. Consider what would happen if ice sank as it froze, Fresh water creatures would possibly not survive Under many feet of solid lethal ice. The flukes of our planet are truly fortuitous. When considered as a juxtaposed group of phenomena, We creatures all, must give thanks each day. But now we must cope with the relatively rapid Challenging Climate Crisis of our own making. Frank Maurer 23 June 2026 1720 Hours.